Macmillan are now starting to draft a 'quick guide' version of this report for use in primary care. This document will provide GPs with information about how to identify patients with chronic GI effects of cancer treatment and what tests and interventions they can do, and finally guidance on when a referral needs to be made to a specialist.

Regional Training Directors Manual

This manual was conceived out of a training and development day for Training Programme Directors in Gastroenterology and subsequent discussions at the Royal College of Physicians in London in September 2007. The event was jointly sponsored by the BSG and the JRCPTB and involved the BSG Training Committee and invited speakers. The content of this manual was derived from the contributors and discussion which followed. These are acknowledged in the appendix box 3.The first version was produced in 2008 and it is updated annually.

Using the Clinical Research Network

The NIHR Clinical Research Network (NIHR-CRN)How to use it to do clinical research

Most Gastroenterologists want to participate in Clinical Research but don’t know how to and/or haven’t got the support.

Not any more!

Please take 5 minutes to read the jargon-busting guide, available on the BSG website, to what the UK Clinical Research Network can do for you and how to get Clinical Research going in your Trust. If you have any questions, please contact the BSG Research Committee at
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. Please note this guide is being updated to reflect changes taking effect in Q2 of 2014.

The Gastroenterology and Hepatology Specialty Groups are two of 30 Specialty Groups which provide national networks of topic-specific expertise. These groups are key to the success of the CRN. They work at both national and local levels to ensure the successful delivery of research within their specialties. This means ensuring that studies are delivered to target and on time. Further information on their remits and portfolio of trials can be found here:

Further information is available in the article published in January 2012 in Frontline Gastroenterology. In order to view the article, BSG members will need to log-in.

Alcohol Related Disease (2010)

Alcohol Related Disease: Meeting the Challenge of Improved Quality of care and Better Use of Resources

A Joint Position Paper by BSG/BASL/AHA

Alcohol misuse and alcohol-related problems, especially binge drinking and alcohol-related liver disease, are major public health concerns. Recently, much attention has focused on social policy and measures to reduce drinking. There is an additional need to provide care for a large and growing group of patients with alcohol-related problems, where national quality standards are lacking and the absence of coordinated policies means care is imperfect and spending is poorly targeted and ineffective.

A recent letter from David Florey CBE, NHS Deputy Chief Executive, has urged PCTs and SHAs to develop these plans to ensure that patients who are discharged from hospital receive ongoing and seamless care that will reduce avoidable hospital readmissions. £70 million has been made available to do this. The BSG and Alcohol Health Alliance have written to SHAs to encourage them to invest in alcohol services. The following links will take you to the letter and briefing document, which may be useful to you in encouraging investment locally.